MDC legislator for Chiwundura, Livingstone Chimina, has
embarked on a project to build a police sub-station in Woodlands in order to
minimise criminal activities.
When Southern Eye visited the site yesterday, artisans were
working on the structure that has now reached window level on one of the
sections.
Chimina told Southern Eye that he was approached by
residents as well as the local councillor who complained about the high crime
rate due to the absence of a police post in the area. The police officers who
man the area are based at Gweru Rural Police Station, situated in the town of
Gweru – far from criminal hotspots in Chiwundura constituency.
Chimina expressed appreciation that government is
financially constrained and efforts by it to construct a police station in the
area would likely take long, hence the initiative to put heads together with
the locals and roll out the project.
“The first step we made was to liaise with relevant police
authorities and they gave us a go ahead to build the police post, after which
we will hand it over to them. We then approached Vungu Rural District council
and acquired the land on which the project is being developed. So far, work is
in progress and must be completed in two months,” he said.
The legislator indicated that resources being used to
construct the police station were coming from his personal savings since the
Constituency Development Fund was yet to be disbursed.
Vungu RDC Ward 16 councillor Parirenyatwa Nyika said when
complete, the police station would tame the crime rate in the area.
“We are very happy with the assistance we got from the MP.
As Woodlands residents, in conjunction with the ward development committee, we
are also assisting in terms of providing labour. We are currently facing a
spate of criminal activities like robberies, house breakings, violence and
juvenile delinquencies because police are based far from us. So, when the police
base becomes closer to us, we hope there will be less crime here,” he said.
MP Chimina revealed that in some parts of the constituency,
he had also rolled out other projects to respond to problems faced by the
communities.
“At Gumbure Primary School, we are building an ECD block
while at Gunde High School, we are building hostels. In ward 13, we are
building a mothers’ shelter at Masvori Clinic. I hope these projects will
improve livelihoods in those areas,” he said.
Simbarashe Homela, the Gunde High School headmaster,
acknowledged the assistance rendered by the MP.
“We are building hostels for our boarding school, which
will not only help those in Chiwundura, but the country, if not the world at
large, in terms of education. The help we got from the MP to achieve this was
very useful,” he said.
Gumbure Primary School headmaster, Kornias Madamba,
revealed that the ECD block would accommodate 150 learners after completion.
Currently, ECDs were conducting lessons in the open.
“One of the rooms on the block will work as an office and
the other a storeroom for the safekeeping of examination materials and other
valuables. Two rooms will be classrooms,” the head said. Newsday
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